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[Mantis 0]

Hello everyone, great site you all have here. I've successfully wasted nearly a full day looking around here. I'm coming from the world of motorcycle roadracing and I am tracking to win the championship in two classes for the northeast this year. I did a tandem jump last weekend at Mohavk Valley Skydiving in Scotia, NY and was immediately hooked. This sport blows racing out of the water. I just wanted to say Hi, and I'm currently in the very beginning stages of my AFF class. I was curious if there are "golden rules" to this sport like there are with racing. I am an instructor for new racers and there are many small tidbits of info that dramatically increase a n00b's chance of success. I will say my instructors at MVS are great and we relate very well to each other. I was just hoping to absorb some more info that more experienced folks can tell me before I learn it the hard way. One thing I have learned from motorcycles is that you should usually listen to the guy with 100+ races under his belt unless you want to learn the hard way (trust me, I learned this the hard way). Thanks again!

[Peej 0]

Welcome to the forums dude!

How about this golden rule: PULL

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[masque_raid 0]

Hey, I just started too, one more lesson until I'm done with my AFF!!! YAY! But my bf told me one very important golden rule, "if all else fails, grab grass."

[Mantis 0]

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Welcome to the forums dude!

How about this golden rule: PULL

LOL, nice reply. Like I said before, I am still very new and the whole experience is still a little overwhelming, and I have a lot to learn. I'm definitly going to keep at it and try to learn as much from my instructors as I can squish into my brain. BTW, my instructors over at MVS have made my intro to skydiving a whole lot of fun. Great people over there as well!